npm install shows error with git not found

Question

I have recently added some dependencies to the package JSON and tried installing npm, but it shows errors related to git not found:

npm ERR! path git
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn git
npm ERR! enoent Error while executing:
npm ERR! enoent undefined ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git
npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! enoent spawn git ENOENT
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:

Do you have git installed ? The error is from `undefined ls-remote` which should be `git ls-remote` — Shashank Vivek, Jun 06 '19 at 08:48
Possible duplicate of [Getting the following error while executing expo init command](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55450764/getting-the-following-error-while-executing-expo-init-command) — phd, Jun 06 '19 at 10:12
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit%5D+npm+ERR%21+enoent+undefined+ls-remote — phd, Jun 06 '19 at 10:12
Also make sure "run command prompt as administrator". This worked for me. — alextc, Aug 09 '19 at 05:03

Shashank Vivek · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-15T05:00:02.420

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You need to install git in your machine to have it working.

undefined ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git

it should have been

git ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git

There is error related to git path. check this ls-remote command

edited Jul 15 '20 at 05:00

answered Jun 06 '19 at 08:56

Shashank Vivek

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I tried the same > git ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git command. After reruning yarn producing below error.. – Omprakash Sharma Oct 28 '22 at 15:28
warning Pattern ["file-saver@eligrey/FileSaver.js#1.3.8"] is trying to unpack in the same destination "C:\\Users\\[xyz]\\AppData\\Local\\Yarn\\Cache\\v1\ pm-file-saver-2.0.5-cea522bc41bfadc364" as pattern ["file-saver@github:eligrey/FileSaver.js"]. This could result in non-deterministic behavior, skipping. error Command failed. Exit code: 128 Command: git Arguments: ls-remote --tags --heads ssh://git@github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js.git Directory: C:\Users\[xyz]\git\[repo] Output: git@github.com: Permission denied (publickey). fatal: Could not read from remote repository. – Omprakash Sharma Oct 28 '22 at 15:29

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '19 at 00:39

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In my case, I had Git installed, but it was only accessible from Git Bash (I had selected the first option below when installing). I reinstalled with the second option and it solved the issue:

answered Dec 03 '19 at 00:39

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Same here. And don't forget to reboot, otherwise the git command won't be available in the cmd. – Pauloco May 09 '20 at 02:19
reboot !!! haaaaaaaaa – jon May 03 '22 at 07:52

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